śrī śrī guru-gaurāṅgau jayataḥ   The following consists of Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s introductory remarks in response to Vyāsa-pūjā glorifications (Year 4 of Gauḍīya, Issue 28–29, page 13) and then the entire Śrī Śrī Nṛsiṁha Stava by Śrī Śrīdhara Svāmipāda:     At the beginning of Bhārata [Mahābhārata], we pronounce

In Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, prolific 19th century author and reformer of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, draws a profound comparison between the Rāsa-līlā pastime of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the principle of electromagnetic attraction in particle physics: "In the world of matter wrought by Māyā, there is one main star that appears

Śrī Prabandhāvalī The complete collection of essays by Nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja, gathered from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā and Śrī Bhāgavata Patrikā from 1950—1978. Volume One: 1950–1955 Preaching reports, written in tandem with Śrīpāda Rādhānātha Dāsādhikārī Prabhu (Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Mahārāja) (1) The

Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Parikramā  and Śrī Gaura-janmotsava      Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year–4 (1952–1953), Issue–2, page 74:   This year, the Śrī Navadvīpa-dhāma Parikramā and Śrī Gaura-janmotsava held by Śrī Gauḍīya Vedānta Samiti was conducted as never before on a scale vast in all regards. As per the previously circulated newsletter, the

“বৈশিষ্ট্যাষ্টক”  “Speciality Aṣṭaka”   Offered on the occasion of Para-duḥkha-duḥkhī Jagad-guru Vyāsābhinna (“He who is aggrieved by the sufferings of others, is the teacher of the world, and nondifferent from Śrī Vyāsadeva”) Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda’s Eighty-sixth Appearance Day   By Tridaṇḍi-svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta

This year, on the occasion of Jagad-guru Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Śrīla Prabhupāda's 150th appearance day, there have been many high-profile events wherein all Gauḍīya Maṭha branches and associated institutions have come together to glorify Śrīla Prabhupāda. This is all wonderful to see and I pray that the

💡Translated from page 39 of Prabhupāder Patrāvalī, Vol. 1, published from Śrī Caitanya Maṭha, Śrīdhāma Māyāpura, 505 Śrī Gaurābda. śrī śrī guru-gaurāṅgau jayataḥ   Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha, Kolkata 29 Keśava, Gaurābda 440   To Paṇḍita-vara Śrīyukta Madhusūdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja of Rādhā-ramaṇa-gherā, Śrīdhāma Vṛndāvana: śrī gauḍīya-vaiṣṇavācāryocita-sambhāṣaṇam etat— "With due honor as befitting

💡Translated from page 34 of Prabhupāder Hari-kathāmṛta, published in 1973 by Śrīla Bhakti-vilāsa Tīrtha Mahārāja from Śrī Caitanya Maṭha, Māyāpura. Question: Which tattvas would Śrī, Bhū, and Nīlā-śaktis be designated as? Who are they in Gaura-līlā? Śrīla Prabhupāda’s answer: The Para-tattva-vastu, in His opulent manifestation as Nārāyaṇa has three

💡Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 17 (1965–66), Issue 3 (14/5/1965), page 108–110:   śrī śrī guru-gaurāṅga jayataḥ   Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha P.O. Mathurā (U.P.) 14|4|65 paramārādhyatam śrī śrīla gurudevera abhaya-pāda-padme ananta-koṭi sāṣṭāṅga daṇḍavat pranāma-pūrvaka nivedana— [“Having paid unlimited millions of prostrated obeisances unto

💡Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya-patrikā, Year 4 (1952–53), Issue 10 (15/12/1952), page 395–398: “Can you not attain Bhagavān by calling out to Him in your mind?” This statement of yours clearly reveals what is in your heart. It makes it clear that you are either embarrassed to

(4) মনে পড়ে জননি গো ! সে-স্থান তোমার  mane paḍe janani go! se-sthāna tomāra That place of yours comes to mind, O mother! সায়ংকালে যথা বসি' সে পাঠানে (*) সার-  sāyaṁ-kāle jathā bosi’ se pāṭhāne sāra- Where, in the evening,

💡The contents of this article are derived from Śrī Dīnanātha Dhara's booklet entitled "Suvarṇa-vaṇika-kula Uddhāra-kārī Sādhu-puṅgava Ṭhākura Uddhāraṇa Datta", published in 1904 by Śrī Rādhikā-prasāda Datta, printed at Heyāra Press, No. 46 Bechu Chatterjee Street, Calcutta. Fall of the Subarṇa-Baṇiks Ballāla Sena became the king of

"Therefore, if this time also we do not start performing bhajana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, there is no knowing where we might be born according to our karma for having misused this opportunity."

Our worshipful Paramagurudeva, Nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, launched Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā in March of 1949, reviving Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda's Gauḍīya magazine. From the very beginning, listed as "associate editors" were Paramagurudeva's beloved trio of disciples: Paṇḍita

Compiled and presented here are various heartfelt confessions jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja expressed in his letters. Prior to studying the nectar of his instructions, it is necessary to properly grasp who he is. Only then is it possible to comprehend the ambrosial quality of his teachings. Śrī

Looking through Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's bibliography the other day, I found the curious heading "Pratīcye kārṣṇa sampradāya (The Lineage of Krishna in the West)" in Year 7 of the Gauḍīya, Issue 28, page 443: I've attempted a faithful translation below: A Kṛṣṇa Tradition

💡Appearing in English for the first time! Original Bengali included below.   (Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 7, Issue 8 (18/10/55), page 313) In infinite millions of universes, wherever there are living entities and however many there are, ‘they are all my relations’—this kind of vast viśva-prema,

Vijana-grāma, the twenty-seven part poem that follows is at first glance a maudlin or wistful memoir, but between the lines of its innovatively disjointed couplets, the author—Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, who singlehandedly revived the current of the Bhakti movement in the late 19th century—paints a portrait of his own

Keśava-māsa, or Mārgaśīrṣa The ancient Vedic name of the month we are currently in is Mārgaśīrṣa, derived from the asterism (a small group of stars within a constellation) called Mṛga-śira, which is part of what Western astronomers refer to as the constellation of Orion. Mṛga means deer, and śira means

Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 29 (1977–78), Issue 10, page 361–368: It is with deep pangs of separation that I inform readers that this past 19th of Dāmodara, 28th of Kārtika (14th November, 1977), a Monday, the lunar day of śuklā-caturthi-tithi, at 7:35 in the evening,

(Translated from Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 4, Issue 3 (14/5/1952), pages 111–116. Originally titled "Dui Bandhura Ālāpa.") Two childhood friends, Devendra and Narendra, were sitting next to each other on the bank of the Jāhnavī [Gaṅgā] in the evening. She of sanctifying waters, Jāhnavī Devī,

Excerpts from “Śrī Patrikāra Nava-varṣa” – Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā, Year 49, Issue 1, page 35–39: The terrifying fruit of mundane knowledge Śrī Gauḍīya Patrikā is a vehicle only for parā-vidyā (superior or spiritual knowledge). It wards off the discussion of aparā-vidyā (material knowledge) completely. Because: “Jaḍa-vidyā jata, māyāra vaibhava, tomāra